(1148) Rarahu
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Asteroid (1148) Rarahu |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0128 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1157 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6642 AU - 3.3613 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.846 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.229 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 33.22 km |
| Albedo | 0.139 |
| Rotation period | 6.0 h |
| Absolute brightness | 10,035 mag |
| Spectral class | K |
| history | |
| Explorer | A. N. Deitsch |
| Date of discovery | July 5, 1929 |
| Another name | 1929 NA, A924 OA |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1148) Rarahu is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on July 5, 1929 by the Russian astronomer Alexander Nikolajewitsch Deitsch at the Crimean Observatory in Simejis .
The name of the asteroid is a Tahitian female given name, which was taken from Pierre Loti's novel Rarahu - later reprinted as Le mariage de Loti .